Saving and skb

ocd

Hello,

Maybe I ought to change my name to "green"

I was saving my files in the "save as" manner. Is the skb from the auto backup?

I dug up this from Google (below):
This person proposes a permanent fix, option #3. But, I don't understand what he is doing, would you mind explaining what I need to do to effect #3? And, this manuever has to be done with every file, right? Thanks very much for your patience, ocd

Here it is:
xxxxx.skb is just a backup for an skp file. The skb may not be the
latest version you want? Several things you can do; 1) Look for the
file you saved by the same name except the skp extension;2) drag and
drop the skb file on the SU icon and it should open;3) Change the file
association ( PC) and associate an xxxx.skb file to open with SU;4)
change the file name to xxxxx.skp. The best fix is #3 so you will not
have this problem again.

Dave R

I think you've got things sorted now. Option 3 is interesting but under normal conditions you won't need to ope the SKB file and as discussed you can rename it if you need to open it. Now that you can see the file extensions, you should have less difficulty with those files.

ocd

Dave R, a Global Moderator, is The Man. Thanks, Dave, for the lesson-he is truly a generous person.

Here's what "we" did. Went to Control Panel, then to Folder Options, then View, then unchecked the box that said "hide known folder extensions". Seems like Windows 7 automatically hides folder extensions. With that done, my problem was solved. I still had a couple of things happen that I don't understand, but I'm sure they fall under "operator error".

I appreciate everyone's responses-the folks on this forum are really great.

ocd

Gaieus

@ocd said:

Dave R, a Global Moderator, is The Man.

And here is "The Man" live

Dave R

OCD, I'm happy that we were able to get you sorted out.

Csaba, that picture makes me look fat. And why is my hat crooked?

Gaieus

You should see my pictures! (I don't just lookfat on them)

Rich O Brien

I miss that pub

Dave R

Me, too. We should go there again.

Gaieus

That was indeed a fine joint.

(And remember guys how Mike enjoyed the staff there?)

Dave R

Yeah. What was her name?

Gaieus

There were several. (I do not want to link pics here now...)

Dave R

I don't blame you. Besides, we've hijacked OCD's thread enough.

Gaieus

Well, I tagged Mike on a photo and it turned out that G+ automatically posted it.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/116030646877186188585/posts/Gn1Uejbe17x

(I guess OCD's topic is solved so hijacking is not a biggie hopefully)

ocd

Hi

I'm glad that horsing around is allowed on this forum.

OK--Isn't it true that to begin the "saving" process that I have to FIRST do the "Save As..."? Just like a regular document?

Then, while I am occassionally hitting the "Save" button, the program is doing an "Autosave" for me?

And, I can create a file anywhere to "save" my work/document, but the "autosave" is always in the same pre-destined place?

Are cynicism and sarcasm allowed on the forum?

Thanks, ocd

Dave R

@ocd said:

OK--Isn't it true that to begin the "saving" process that I have to FIRST do the "Save As..."? Just like a regular document?

You don't have to do a Save as... It can be just a regular Save. Save as... would allow you to save a file with a different name than the current one. So if you drew a shadowbox, for example, you might save it as "Shadowbox." Then you might modify it to make a new version. If you use Save, you won't get an opportunity to give it a new name and your modified shadowbox file would just replace the original. If you want to keep the original, however, use File>Save as... and type a new name.

@ocd said:

Then, while I am occassionally hitting the "Save" button, the program is doing an "Autosave" for me?

Autosaves will occur whether you hit Save or not. On your SketchUp install that should happen every three minutes.

@ocd said:

And, I can create a file anywhere to "save" my work/document, but the "autosave" is always in the same pre-destined place?

Autosave will create the SKB file in the same directory in which you save the SKP file. This can be anywhere on your computer but by default is the Documents folder unless you change the location under Window>Preferences>Files.

@ocd said:

Are cynicism and sarcasm allowed on the forum?

Not only are they allowed, they will be graded.

ocd

Do I get extra points for being able to laugh at myself?